Dispensing device for beverages



May 23, 1944. K LUND DISPENSINGl DEVICE Fon BEVERAGES Filed.y Agg, 14, 1941 4 Sheets-Sheet l May 23, 1944u J, K, LUND 2,349,441

DISPENSING DEVICE FOR BEVERAGES Filed Aug. 14, 1941 4 Sheets-Sheet 3 Q 7-\ N y h 9 Gu c u o@ w Q gg May 23, 1944. J. K. Lum 2,349.4@

D ISPENSING DEVICE FOR BEVERAGES FlediAug. i4, 1,941. 4 Sheets-Sheet-z I 75 A fveyzo?.

Jaime/3 Lamai Patented May z3, 1944 msrENsING DEVICE Fon BEvERAGEs James K. Lund, Oak Park, Ill., assignor to The Dole Valve Company, Chicago, Ill., a corporation of Illinois Application August 14, 1941, Serial No. 406,747

(Cl. 22S-1) 7 Claims.

This invention relates to dispensing devices for beverages and has for its object to provide a. new and improved device of this description.

The invention has as a further object to provide a dispensing device for beverages so arranged that the parts by means of which the Sirup and the charged water are mixed and discharged can be easily cleaned.

'Ihe invention has as a further object to provide a dispensing device for beverages where the mixing apparatus for'mixing the sirup with the charged water can be easily and quickly removed and replaced in position.

The invention has further objects which are more particularly pointed out in the accompanying description.

Referring now to the' drawings,

Fig. 1 is a front view showing one form of the device embodying the invention, with parts of the casing broken away;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1, with parts omitted;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged detailed `section of the upper end of the casing;

Fig. 5 is-an enlarged detailed section taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional view of the draft arm and portions of the sirup container;

Fig. 7 is a sectional view taken on line l-l of Fig. 6;

Fig. 8 is a sectional view taken on line 8-9 of Fig. 6;

Fig. 9 is a side elevation of the draft arm supporting member;

Fig. 10 is a sectional view taken on line Ill-,Jil of Fig. 6;

Fig. l1 is a sectional view taken on line II--II of Fig. 6.

Like numerals refer to like parts throughout the several figures.

.f I have shown in the drawings one form of delvice embodying the invention. In this construcmembers Il and l are provided with bent edges I0 and l I` which project into grooves 'in the member 9. The parts are held together by the fastening devices I2 which engage the inner member 'I and which passes through the insulating material 8 an'd the outer member 6 and are connected with the handle I3, which bears against the outer member 6, so that the handle and fastening parts therefore act also to hold the several parts of the cover together.

'Ihe inner metal members and the outer metalv members of the casing and the cover are so arranged -as` to prevent heat transfer between them so as to prevent the outer metal members from becoming cold and sweating and from conducting outside heat into the casing so as to reduce the efficiency of the device. For this purpose the upper open end'of the casing is provided with a separate insulating member ,I4 which extends therearound. 'Ihis insulating member I4 is preferably of rubber, although it may be of any suitable material. The metal member 2 is provide'd with a ange I5 and the separate insulating member I4 is fastened to this flange by the fastening devices I6. There is a metal member I'I between the head of the fastening member I6 and the insulating member I4. The inner metal member 3 is provided with a hook flange I8 which is hooked into a recess in the separate insulating member I4. It will be seen that by this construction therev is no heat transfer contact between the inner metal member 3 andthe outer metal member 2. The insulating member I4 has a projecting part I9 which projects beyond the outer metal member 2.

The insulating member 9 on the cover is provided with a groove 29 into which the projection I9 is received. The insulating material 9 has a projection 2I which engages the outer metal member 2. By the construction herein shown there is no heat transfer connection between either the metal members 6 and 'I of the cover and either of the metal members 2 and 3 of the casing, so that the metal member 6 of the cover does not get cold and sweat and does not act to transfer outside heat into the interior of the casing.

Within the casing is a sirup container 22 which contains the sirup which is to be mixed with the charged water to form the beverage. container 22 is supported in any desired manner. As herein shown it is provided with a discharge member 23 which projects into the hollow of the angle sirup conducting member 24. The sirup container is supported by this Vangle member 24. The discharge member 23 is preferably separated from the sirup container, but fastened thereto, and there is preferably an intervening washer 25 of non-conducting heat material between the angle member 24 and the sirup container. The

sirup container is fastened to the member 24 in any desired manner. As herein shown there is mounted in the member 24 a holding member 26 which preferably has a. threaded connection with the member 24. A strainer 21 is associated with The sirup sirup measuring and mixing device which measures the sirup and mixes the sirup with the charged water. Fastening devices 36a on the sirup container engage holding devices 30h attached to the casing. o Y

As herein shown, the sirup measuring and mix 'ing device comprises a main body 3| in which is mounted a hollow cylindrical sirup-controlling member 32 which is rockably mounted in the main body of the measuring and mixing device. The member 24 is preferably permanently connected with the main body 3| in any suitable manner as, for example, by welding and discharges sirup into the controlling device 32'. The sirup controlling device 32 is provided with a discharge opening 33. The main body 3| is provided with a sirup measuring chamber 34 which has an inlet 35. Some means is provided for rocking the controlling member 32 so as to move the discharge opening 33 into position to register with the admission opening 35, whereupon the measuring chamber 34 is lled with sirup and thereby measures .the quantity of sirup to be used for eachV drink. A spring 35a removably connected to part 35h and member 26 elastically presses conical shape member 32 against its seat.

As herein shown, the controlling member 32 is rocked by means of a handle 36 on the outside of the casing. This handle is connected with the controlling member so that it will rock it but is arranged so that it may be entirely disconnected therefromso that the sirup measuring and mixing device and associated parts can be easily and quickly removed from the casing.

In the construction shown, the controlling member 32 is provided with a connecting member 31 which is attached thereto by a pin 38. This connecting member is provided with a slot 39. A connecting member 40 is attached to the handle 36 and has a portion 4| which enters this slot, see Fig. 3. When the handle is turned the controlling member 32 is turned so as to turn the connecting member to connect or disconnect the opening 33 and 35. A connecting member 46 is connected with the handle 36 in any desired manner. As herein shown, this connecting member has a knurled end 42 which is driven into the handle 36. The connecting member 40 passes through a sleeve 43 on the interior of the bushing 44. The connecting member 40 is provided with a groove 45 and there is a pin 46 lwhich projects into this groove and which is held therein normally by the spring 41. 'This permits the connecting member 40 on the handle 36 to be rocked, to rock the controlling member 32 to connect and disconnect openings 33 and 35 and to connect the passageway 40a to the air inlet passageway 40h and pipe 40o at one end and with the sirup measuring chamber 34 at the other end.

To disconnectthe connecting member 40 from' the connecting member 31, the handle is pulled outwardly so that pin 46 moves out of the slot 45. The members 40 and 31 are again connected by pushing the connecting member inwardly until pin 46 enters slot 45.

The bushing 44 is provided with a slot 4.8, see

4a downwardly projecting pipe 1|.

Fig. 5, and the handle 36 is provided with a pro- .iection 48 which works in the slot and which limits the rocking movement of the handle and the controlling member 32. 'I'he bushing 44 has an enlargement 50 which engages the outer wall of the casing so as to limit the inward movement of the bushing.

There is preferably a packing member 5|, held in position by a packing nut 52. The main body 3| of the sirup measuring and mixing device is mounted upon a holding frame 53, see Figs. 8 and 9, which has an opening 53a through which bushing 44 and connecting member 40 pass., A pin 53b passes through frame 53 into bushing 44 and a nut 53e prevents withdrawal of the bushing 44 (Fig. 3). The body/3| is held in position on said frame by the removable pin 54 which has a conical shape end 55 entering a conical shape opening 56 on one side Aof the frame 53. The pin 54 is provided with a conical shape head 51 which enters a conical shape opening 58 at the other side of the frame 53 and engages the main frame 3|. The opening 58 is shown as being made in a projecting part 59. The head 51 is heldin place and pressed against the frame 3| by means of a nut 60 which has a threaded engagement with the projection 59 and which has engaging part 6| which engages the head 51, see Fig. 8.

The frame 453 for the sirup measuring and mixing device is provided with a hollow threaded projection 62 which engages a hollow clamp nut 63, see Fig. 3. There is a spacing collar 64 between the clamp nut and the insulation of the casing.

Y The carbonated water preferably passes through a pipe coil 65, which has a. threaded end piece 66. which is-threaded into a projection 61 on the side 68 of the sirup measuring chamber 31. The coil 65 has at the other end a threaded connection 68a for connecting it with the source of the charged water. 'I'he charged water passes through a suitable screening or filtering device 69 and enters a pipe 10, passing through the sirup measuring chamber 34 and connecting with The pipe 1| is supported on the' main frame 3| by having a screw threaded connection therewith (Fig. 6). The end of the pipe 1| is normally closed by a valve ,12 attached to a piston 13 sliding in a cylindex' 14. The piston 13 has a groove 13a to retain liquid which'may attempt to get past the piston and when the piston is moved down, this liquid is discharged through the opening 13b. The cylinder 14 has removably attached thereto a hollow end piece 15. 1 Springs 16 and 11 engage the end piece 15 at the lower end and are arranged to exert an upward pressure on the piston-13 so as to maintain the valve 12 closed against the end of the pipe 1|.- A valve 18 normally closes the dis'- charge passageway 19 of the sirup measuring chamber 34. cylindrical member 86 which extends down along the cylinder 14 to a point near the end of the end piece 15.

A series of supporting members 8| connect with 1 the piston 13 and engage the valve 18, the springs 16 and 11 exerting sulcient pressure upon the piston 13 to cause the supporting member 8| to hold the valve 18 in its closed position. A pin 62 -slides into an opening in the frame 3| and pre- This valve is connected with a net joints. In the construction shown, the frame 3| is provided with one or more bayonet.- lock pins 88. The nozzle member 83 is provided with the bayonet slots 85 (Fig. 3). The outer nozzle member 83 is placed in position by moving it up until the bayonet lock pins enter the upper part of the slot then rotating it to the position shown in Fig. 3.

The sirup discharge valve 18 and the carbonated wat'er discharge valve 12 are actuated by the movementof the handle 36. The rotation or rocking of the handle 36 moves the controlling member 86, associated with the said handle (Fig. 7). There is a limiting device 86a which works in a groove' 86h in the member 86 and which limits the outward movement of the controlling member 32. This limiting member is held in position in any desired manner, as by the screw 86c. In proximity to the controlling member 86 are the actuating members 81 and 88 connected together by the connecting member 89.' There is preferably an engaging part 90 on this connecting member which is preferably a roller (see Fig. 7). The lcontrolling member is provided with a projection 9| which, when the controlling member is moved, engages the member 90 and moves the actuating members 61 and 88 downwardly. These actuating members engage the discharge valve 18 for the sirup measuring chamber 34 and, when moved, moves this valve to its open position. The actuating members 81 and 88 have associated therewith the springs 81a and 88a which when the roller 30 is released, return the actuating members 81 and 88 to their original position. In the construction shown. the member 86 forms the end of the controlling member 32 (see Figs. 3 and 6).

The valve 18 rests upon aplurality of pins 8|. These pins connect with the piston 13 so that when they are moved down, the charged water valve 12 is moved down away from the end of the pipe 1|, so as to open this pipe and the charged water then passes up and out through openings 93 in the side of the cylinder 14 and openings 94 in the top 95 of the cylinder 14. This cylinder is connected with and supported upon pipe 1| by means of a screw threaded connection between the top 95 and thevpipe (Fig. 6).

' The sirup chamber discharge valve 18 is held in position by the pins 8| vand the piston 13, the springs 16 and 11, and the parts 14 and 15. When the handle 36 is moved, the sirup valve 16 and the charged water valve 12 are opened. During this time the sirup measuring chamber 34 is connected to the outside atmosphere by the pipe 40e and passageway 30a, extending through the controlling member 32 so that the sirup is free to move outfof the sirup measuring chamber. The sirup passes out through passageway 19 and in through the space 96 between the nozzle members `8l! and 83. The charged water surges up through the openings 93 and 94 and passes along the space 31 between the nozzle members 1l and 80.

The sirup and the charged water then meet in the nozzle and are discharged "nto the receptacle so as to produce the mixed drink of the sirup and the charged water. There is an adjusting member 98 which is adjustably connected with the frame member 3| and by means of which the size of the Sirup discharge opening 19 may be adjusted to meet the conditions presented.

When ice is used to cool the sirup and the charged Water, the receptacle is provided with an overflow pipe through which the Water produced by the melted ice escapes. This overilow `nozzle members 83 and 83.

pipe is preferably provided with a guard mem`y in the construction herein shown as'follows:.

The pipe 10 for the charged water, which 1s controlled by the valve 12, is provided at its lower end with a nozzle construction 1|a which reduces the size of the passageway and increases the pressure at the point where the charged water is released, and the velocity of the charged water. This charged water is under a comparatively high pressure and the sirup drops only by gravity, so that when the valve 12 is opened, some of the charged water gets into the glass ilrst and then the sirup follows, and this produces a much better drink. The two valves for the sirup and the charged water are opened at substantially the same time but since they are under different pressure, the sirup owlng by gravity and the charged water by'a high pressure, the charged water reaches the glass i'lrst and the sirup follows and the two then enter the glass together.

The use 'and operation of my invention are as follows.

When the device is put into use the parts are assembled as herein shown. Sirup is placed in the sirup tank 22 and the sirupmeasuring chamber 32 is connected with the source of carbonated water and the cooling material is placed on the inside of the casing. When it is vdesired to dispense a drink, the lever 36 is moved into the position shown in dotted line in Fig. 1. This movement of the handle causes the controlling device 36 to move so that the projection 9| engages the rollerv and moves the actuating members 81` and B8 so as to move the sirup measuring chamber'valve 13 to its open position to permit the escape of the sirup. This sirup then passes down along the space 36 between the At the same time the downward movement of the valve 18 through the agency of the pins 8| causes Vthe piston 13 and the charged water valve 12 to be moved downwardly so as to open the valve 12 and permit the escape of the charged water, /which surges up through the openings 93 and 94 and passes down through the space 31 between the nozzle members 16 and 63.

The charged water and the sirup then meet vand pass out of the nozzle into the receptacle so as to form the 'charged drink.

The movement'of the handle 36 also partially rotates the controlling member 32 so as to disconnect .the openings 33 land 35 and shut off the further flow of sirup into the sirup measuring chamber 34. This movement of the controlling member32 moves the Darts so that the passageway 40a of the controlling member 32 has one end connected with the pipe`40c and the other end with the Sirup measuring chamber 36 so that air may pass into the sirup chamber 3l to permit the proper discharge of the sirup therein through the open valve 18. The handle may be moved back to its original position, whereupon the valves 12 and 18 and associated actuating parts will be moved back to their initial position by the springs 16 and 11, and 31a and 88a.

The sirup tank and sirup measuring and mixing device and the nozzle may be easily and quickly removed from the receptacle by taking off the cover` 5, disconnecting the carbonated water pipe 65 from the sirup measuring chamber and removing the holding or fastening device 54, whereupon the parts may be lifted out of the casing for examination, cleaning, repairing and so that the sirup container and sirup measuring and mixing device may be removed through the open top of the casing.

2. A dispensing device for beverages, comprising a casing open at the top, a sirup measuring and mixing device in the casing, a removable frame mounted in the casing and separate from the sirup 'measuring and mixing device and means for removably connecting the sirup measuring andmixing device with said removable frame said frame being provided with a part having an opening therethrough registering with an opening in the casing, a connecting member on said sirup measuring and mixing device 1o- .cated entirely within the casing, a handle on the exterior of the casing and a cooperating tween the handle and the hollow, controlling member comprising a slotted memberjon one'of the parts and a projection on the other part received in the slot of the slotted member.

5. A dispensing device for beverages, comprising a casing, a sirup measuring and mixing device in the casing, a frame mounted inthe casing' and separate from the sirup measuring and mixing device and the casing and a handle on the outside of said casing, a slot and tongue connection between said handle 'and said sirup measuring and mixing device extending through the casing and removably connected with the sirup measuring and mixing device, said connection being connected with and disconnected from the sirup measuring and mixing device by moving the handle away from the casing, and means for discharging a portion of charged water into the drinking glass before the sirup reaches the bottom thereof, whereby a better drink is pro- `duced. l

6. A dispensing device for beverages, comprisl ing a casing, a sirup measuring and mixing deconnecting member attached t0 said handle and extending through the opening in the casing and the frame, said cooperating connecting member being disconnected from the connecting member on the sirup measuring and mixing device by moving the handle outwardly, thereby entirely disconnecting the sirup measuring and mixing device from the frame and the casing, so that the sirup measuring and mixing device may be -removed as a unit through the top of said casing.

3. A dispensing device for beverages, comprising a casing, a sirup controlling and mixing device in the casing, a frame mounted in the casing and separate from the sirup controlling and mixing device and a handle on vthe outside of said casing, a free slot and tongue connection between said handle and said sirup controlling device extending through the casing and removably connected with the sirup controlling 'i device, said connection being connected with and disconnected from the sirup controlling device by moving the handle away from the casing.

4. A dispensing device for beverages, comprising a casing, a sirup measuring and mixing device in the casing, a rockable hollow controlling member forming part of the sirup measuring and mixing device, means for connecting said controlling member and a source of sirup supply, a sirup measuring chamber below the controlling member, openings in the controlling member and the sirup measuring chamber through which sirup from the controlling member passesl into the sirup measuring chamber, said sirup measuring chamber being provided with 'a discharge opening, a valve for 'controlling said sirup measvice in the casing, an outlet for the sirup, a charged water connection leading into the casing, an outlet for said charged Water, valves controlling the sirup outlet and the charged water outlet, the valve for the charged water outlet being below the valve for the sirup outlet, and means for discharging some of the charged water into the drinking glass before the sirup reaches the bottom thereof, comprising a nozzle construction in said charged water connection below the sirup valve which reduces the size of the charged water connection and increases the pressure at the point where the charged water is released, whereby a better drink is produced.

'7. A dispensing device for beverages comprising a casing, a sirup controlling and mixing device located within the casing, a removable frame mounted in the casing and separate froml the sirup controlling and mixing device, a removable pin extending through said frame and said sirup controlling and mixing device, and

out of contact with said casing, for removablyfastening them together, said frame having a part provided with an opening which registers with an opening in said casing, a slotted connecting member connected with the sirup controlling and measuring device located entirely within the casing, a handle on the outside of the casing, a connecting member connected with the handle and rotatably mounted in the opening in the casing and having a free connection with the slotted controlling member of the said sirup controlling device, said connecting member being slidable longitudinally in the opening in the casing to disconnect it from the sirup controlling member.

JAMES K. LUND. 

